You Can Choose One For SW to Remix/Master

So i'm a fan of a good chunk of Steven Wilsons remix's of classic albums as well as most albums he is originally the producer/engineer on. I got my brain racking on albums I think could be stretched to their absolute limit and vastly improved with him working his magic on them and these were some of my top choices. It's not that these are necessarily terrible or bad sounding, but often times when i'm listening I feel like there's some concealed potential in the music held back by the mix or even existing remasters. Songs From The Wood by Tull was an album I felt that way about but low and behold, Steven Wilson remixed it and it's glorious. I opted to leave out the "Other" option but feel free to add your own dream Steven Wilson remasters/remixs in the comments. I think i'm torn between Third, Pawn Hearts and Morningrise. Going For The One desperately needs it but I prefer the other albums listed here.

Edited by dougmcauliffe - September 12 2020 at 05:26

Probably Mirage. I would like to hear what can Steven Wison can come up to with the maste tapes.

None of the above.....maybe Argus 'cause I think Wilson could do something about the lack of separation in the instruments.  Maybe it's my old LP copy, but the music seems to come from the speakers in a wall of sound, actually more a waterfall of sound, but I've lived with it and loved it for 40 years, so maybe I don't want Wilson messing with that too much.

Edited by Intruder - September 12 2020 at 08:04

He always mentioned he didn't like the mastering of In Absentia and Deadwing. So both of those. 

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - September 12 2020 at 08:26

Hi,

Edited by moshkito - September 13 2020 at 13:31

Third and the other early Softs albums have not aged very well at all from a production standpoint. As much as I adore them I’d be more than welcome for SW to try his hand at reworking them. The original mixes are quite flat and muddy imo, actual music is phenomenal though.

Not sure if those master tapes are still in existence or not though,, I know for certain GFTO’s is missing. I’m sure some sort of remixing work could still be done but it’s a real shame, I think it could benefit a lot from a proper remaster.

The Dark Elf wrote: Kind of silly not including the SW Jethro Tull remixes, considering they are excellent.

This is for albums i’d like to see him remix, not ones he’s already done. That songs for the wood one is stellar.

The rest of those early Chicago releases. Chicago II definitely needed the facelift, and he delivered that.

Mirage. It's an earlier release and could thus benefit from better production (overall) by my ears.

Mirage and Argus are both close to perfection anyway. No point messing about with them.